WhatsApp upcoming features
WhatsApp is a major part of most of our lives and the Facebook-owned company is working hard to make sure it stays so. WhatsApp is still the most popular messaging app on the Android and iOS-based smartphones and the company is in no mood to give away its lead over others.
The messaging app is maintaining its popularity and top spot by pushing timely updates that enhance user experience. Here're the upcoming features that are set to further improve WhatsApp's look and feel.
Reactions - Emoji reactions are coming to WhatsApp so people can quickly share their opinion without flooding chats with new messages.
Admin Delete - Group admins will be able to remove errant or problematic messages from everyone’s chats.
File Sharing Up – We’re increasing file sharing to support files up to 2 gigabytes (2Gb) so people can easily collaborate on projects.
Larger Voice Calls – We’ll introduce one-tap voice calling for up to 32 people with all new design for those times when talking live is better than chatting.
add more people to a group chat - so now we’re slowly rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group. Building private, safe, and secure communities takes work and we think this series of improvements will help people and groups stay close to one another.
View Once
new View Once photos and videos that disappear from the chat after they’ve been opened, giving users even more control over their privacy
Payments in Brazil & India
digital payments to WhatsApp users in Brazil. People will be able to send money securely or make a purchase from a local business without leaving their chat
WhatsApp designed our payments feature in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), an India-first, real-time payment system that enables transactions with over 160 supported banks.
Payments
Payments on WhatsApp, which are available in select countries, enable transfers between accounts at financial institutions. Card and bank numbers are stored encrypted and in a highly-secured network. However, because financial institutions can’t process transactions without receiving information related to these payments, these payments aren’t end-to-end encrypted.
disappearing messages
When disappearing messages is turned on, new messages sent to a chat will disappear after 7 days, helping the conversation feel lighter and more private. In a one-to-one chat, either person can turn disappearing messages on or off. In groups, admins will have the control.
The QR code scanning will minimise the number of steps that are currently required to add a new contact to the phones. The new feature will let users add contacts to their smartphones by scanning other users' WhatsApp QR codes. Post this update, every WhatsApp user will get a unique QR code which can be scanned by others to add them to their phone contacts. The feature hasn't gone live yet on WhatsApp but a similar feature is already available for the users of Chinese chat application WeChat.
Dark Mode is the craze and almost every major application like Gmail, Google Chrome and even Facebook's Messenger has a dark mode now. However, WhatsApp is still working on it and the mode could make an appearance on the messaging platform soon. There are several advantages of having a 'dark mode' other than it being easier on the eyes and offering a striking new look. It saves the battery of your device, especially the ones having AMOLED displays.
The upcoming fingerprint authentication feature on WhatsApp will add an extra layer of security for the users of the chat app who will have to authenticate themselves every time they open the app in future. The new authorisation method will make the third party locking apps, which were very popular, redundant.
WhatsApp will soon allow its users to share their status posts to not just Facebook but also Instagram, Gmail and Google photos. The transfer of the status is made using the data-sharing API used by iOS and Android. The API lets users share content without linking the accounts.
QR Code:
The QR code scanning will minimise the number of steps that are currently required to add a new contact to the phones. The new feature will let users add contacts to their smartphones by scanning other users' WhatsApp QR codes. Post this update, every WhatsApp user will get a unique QR code which can be scanned by others to add them to their phone contacts. The feature hasn't gone live yet on WhatsApp but a similar feature is already available for the users of Chinese chat application WeChat.
Dark Mode:
Dark Mode is the craze and almost every major application like Gmail, Google Chrome and even Facebook's Messenger has a dark mode now. However, WhatsApp is still working on it and the mode could make an appearance on the messaging platform soon. There are several advantages of having a 'dark mode' other than it being easier on the eyes and offering a striking new look. It saves the battery of your device, especially the ones having AMOLED displays.
WhatsApp fingerprint authentication:
The upcoming fingerprint authentication feature on WhatsApp will add an extra layer of security for the users of the chat app who will have to authenticate themselves every time they open the app in future. The new authorisation method will make the third party locking apps, which were very popular, redundant.
Sharing WhatsApp status post on Facebook:
WhatsApp will soon allow its users to share their status posts to not just Facebook but also Instagram, Gmail and Google photos. The transfer of the status is made using the data-sharing API used by iOS and Android. The API lets users share content without linking the accounts.
Tags:
Tech